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Oh, I'm so sorry to see that...

I actually got to meet him once...

A complete gentleman; a real class act....

He could have had a big career in politics, but he was a modest man who was no showboat....

Bummer!

Armstrong was part of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, and the first to step outside the space shuttle.

Wow, you can really tell that was written by somebody who wasn't around when it happened....

The craft that landed on the moon was called the Lunar Module or the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) or even the Lunar Lander, but it was never called a "shuttle" and Armstrong never flew on a shuttle mission. (I'm sure he could have if he'd wanted to, just like John Glenn, but as I mentioned Armstrong was not the type to seek the limelight)

The way that article is written it gives the erroneous impression that in addition to being the first man to walk on the moon, he was also the first to take a spacewalk outside a shuttle...

LEM:



Space Shuttle:



You wouldn't think it would take an aerospace design engineer to be able to tell those two apart....

Well, LJ so many journalist professionals these days, weren't even born for decades after the manned moon landing.

I used to stand volunter security on the USS Hornet and its museum; they have many Apollo 11 artifacts, but I can't remember if thier display of the Command Module was the real thing, or a life-sized model. Looking at the '60's technology they used to launch and return astronaunts from space; it's a testament of courage that these brave men tried it at all.




The Hornet has the Apollo 11 crew's first footsteps back on earth, painted permanently onto the flight deck.

No, it's in the Smithsonian:

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Apollo: Where are they now?

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Current locations of the Apollo Command Module Capsules (and Lunar Module crash sites)
The Apollo Command Module Capsules are on display at various sites throughout the U.S. and the world. The Apollo Lunar Modules were deliberately targeted to impact the Moon to provide artificial moonquake sources for seismic experiments. The list below gives the locations of these displays and impacts.

Apollo 6
Command Module
Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Apollo 7
Command Module
Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas, Texas

Apollo 8
Command Module
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois

Apollo 9
Command Module "Gumdrop"
San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California

Apollo 10
Command Module "Charlie Brown"
Science Museum, London, England
Lunar Module "Snoopy"
In heliocentric orbit


Apollo 11
Command Module "Columbia"
The National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Lunar Module "Eagle"
Jettisoned from the Command Module on 21 July 1969 at 23:41 UT (7:41 PM EDT)
Impact site unknown

Apollo 12
Command Module "Yankee Clipper"
Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, Virginia
Lunar Module "Intrepid"
Impacted Moon 20 November 1969 at 22:17:17.7 UT (5:17 PM EST)
3.94 S, 21.20 W

Apollo 13
Command Module "Odyssey"
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, Kansas
(formerly at Musee de l'Air, Paris, France)
Lunar Module "Aquarius"
Burned up in Earth's atmosphere 17 April 1970

Apollo 14
Command Module "Kitty Hawk"
Astronaut Hall of Fame, Titusville, Florida

Lunar Module "Antares"
Impacted Moon 07 February 1971 at 00:45:25.7 UT (06 February, 7:45 PM EST)
3.42 S, 19.67 W

Apollo 15
Command Module "Endeavor"
USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio
Lunar Module "Falcon"
Impacted Moon 03 August 1971 at 03:03:37.0 UT (02 August, 11:03 PM EDT)
26.36 N, 0.25 E

Apollo 16
Command Module "Casper"
U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Lunar Module "Orion"
Released 24 April 1972, loss of attitude control made targeted impact impossible.
Impact site unknown

Apollo 17
Command Module "America"
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
Lunar Module "Challenger"
Impacted Moon 15 December 1972 at 06:50:20.8 UT (1:50 AM EST)
19.96 N, 30.50 E

Apollo-Soyuz
Command Module
California Science Center, Los Angeles, California

Skylab 2 / Crew 1
Command Module
Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida

Skylab 3 / Crew 2
Command Module
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Skylab 4 / Crew 3
Command Module
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

RIP Mr Armstrong, you were a true hero.

The Eagle has truly landed.

At the age of 11, I stayed up all night to watch the landing. I was staying with an aunt, she would have been in her mid twenties to thirties, she spent the whole time complaining that both channels were showing the moon landing, and she was missing her usual soaps.

He was my first recognized hero as I was growing up.

Love your work, Neil. RIP.

I was 17, seems like eons.

RIP - Neil Armstrong.

I was five years and ten months. Nearly all my life.

A true American hero. His contributions to science and engineering go much further than just being the first person to set foot on the moon.
RIP and God speed Mr. Armstrong.

Oops...




LMAO

LOL

Who is that moron?

loCAtek wrote:Oops...




LMAO

I am sorry Cali but you have just lost whatever respect I ever had for you.

Lord Jim wrote:LOL

Who is that moron?

A great man despite the doping accusations

Beg pardon?

edited to add; I was replying to Econoline's post, which has now vanished. Have we ghosts in?